Wife drops insanity plea, admits she killed her husband

Wednesday

ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- A Frazeysburg woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her husband in their home in February.

ZANESVILLE, Ohio -- A Frazeysburg woman has pleaded guilty to murdering her husband in their home in February.

Kathy Dufour, 49, was arrested by Muskingum County deputy sheriffs on March 1. They were called to her home at 11190 Cannon Rd. in Frazeysburg on a report of a possible murder-suicide or double suicide, according to court records.

Upon entering the home, deputies found Dufour disoriented from an apparent overdose of prescription drugs and alcohol, Col. Bryan Hoover said at the time.

Deputies found her husband, 51-year-old Keith Dufour, wrapped in a blanket on the floor of the couple's bedroom. He had been shot several times in the back.

Mr. Dufour apparently had been killed on the morning of Feb. 28, two days before his body was found.

Hoover said deputies received a call from family members living in Nevada who had talked to Mrs. Dufour and were concerned about the couple.

She pleaded guilty to one count of murder Monday, avoiding a trial that was delayed twice for psychological evaluations. Attorneys for Mrs. Dufour originally had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

A sentencing date has not been set.

jjarman@dispatch.com

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